cutis
From Proto-Italic *kutis, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) without s-mobile.[1]
Cognates include Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”), Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (English hide), Old English scēo (“sky”) (English sky), German Haut (“skin”), German Hoden (“scrotum”) and Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”). Related to culus.
Substantiv cutis f (Genitiv Cutis); dritte Deklination
- (Anatomie) lebende Haut
- Schwarte, Oberfläche
- verstecken, Leder
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.tis/, [ˈkʊt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.tis/, [ˈkuːt̪is]
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cutis | cutēs |
| Genitive | cutis | cutium |
| Dative | cutī | cutibus |
| Accusative | cutem cutim |
cutēs cutīs |
| Ablative | cute cutī |
cutibus |
| Vocative | cutis | cutēs |