Why do they call it cockpit?

[niallcooney]

Guys,

Just occurred to me that 'cockpit' can be broken up into 'cock' and 'pit' (gasp!).

Now, in Swedishm 'pit(t)' means 'd*ck' and obviously 'cock' is 'd*ck' in English as well.

So could it have been named for the two 'd*ckheads' that reside there?