mouth (n.

)
Old English muþ "oral opening of an animal or human; opening of anything, door, gate," from Proto-
Germanic *muntha- (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian muth, Old Norse munnr, Danish mund,
Middle Dutch mont, Dutch mond, Old High German mund, German Mund, Gothic munþs "mouth"),
with characteristic loss of nasal consonant in Old English (compare tooth), probably an IE word, but
the exact etymology is disputed. Perhaps from the source of Latin mentum "chin" (from PIE
root *men- (2) "to project," on the notion of "projecting body part"), presuming a semantic shift
from "chin" to "mouth."

In the sense of "outfall of a river" it is attested from late Old English; as the opening of anything with
capacity (a bottle, cave, etc.) it is recorded from mid-13c. Mouth-organ attested from
1660s. Mouth-breather is by 1883. Mouth-to-mouth "involving contact of one person's mouth
with another's" is from 1909.

Word of mouth "spoken words, oral communication" (as distinguished from written words) is by
1550s. To put words in (someone's) mouth "represent as having said what one did not say" is
from late 14c.; to take the words out of (someone's) mouth "anticipate what one is about to
say" is from 1520s. To be down in the mouth "dejected" (1640s) is from the notion of having the
corners of the mouth turned downward.

mouth (v.)
early 14c., "to speak," from mouth (n.). Related: Mouthed; mouthing. Old English had muðettan "to
blab." In 17c.-18c. especially "to speak pompously or affectedly." Meaning "form the shape of words
with the mouth without uttering them" is by 1953.
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tooth (n.)
Old English toð (plural teð), from Proto-Germanic *tanthu- (source also of Old Saxon, Danish,
Swedish, Dutch tand, Old Norse tönn, Old Frisian toth, Old High German zand, German Zahn,
Gothic tunþus), from PIE root *dent- "tooth." Plural teeth is an instance of i-mutation.

The loss of -n- before spirants is regular in Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon:
compare goose (n.), five, mouth (n.). Also thought, from stem of think; couth from the stem
of can (v.1); us from *uns.

Application to tooth-like parts of other objects (saws, combs, etc.) first recorded 1520s. Tooth and
nail as weapons is from 1530s. The tooth-fairy is attested from 1964.
*men- (2)
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to project." 

It forms all or part

of: amenable; amount; cismontane; demeanor; dismount; eminence; eminent; imminen
ce; imminent; menace; minacious; minatory; mons; montage; montagnard; monte; mo
unt (n.1) "hill, mountain;" mount (v.) "to get up
on;" mountain; mountebank; mouth; Osmond; Piedmont; promenade; prominence; pro
minent; promontory; remount; surmount; ultramontane.

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit manya "nape of the
neck;" Latin mons "mountain," eminere "to stand out;" Old Irish muin "neck,"
Welsh mwnwgl "neck," mwng "mane;" Welsh mynydd "mountain."