Proto-Baltic: *keût-a- c., *keut-ā̂ f., *kut-ia- c.,
Meaning: shell, cover
Old Lithuanian: { kutī̃s 'Beutel, Geldkatze' }
Lithuanian: kiáuta-s 'Schale, Gehäuse, Hülle, Hülse', { pl. kiautaĩ Getreideschalen von Roggen usw. }
Old Prussian: keuto 'Haut'