Cat Wikipedia. The domestic cat was clearly not Egyptian itself, where no analogous form is attested. Huehnergard opines it is equally likely that the forms might derive from an ancient Germanic word, imported into Latin and thence to Greek and to Syriac and Arabic. Guus Kroonen also considers the word to be native to Germanic due to morphological alternations and Northern Europe, and suggests that it might ultimately be borrowed from Uralic, cf. Northern Samigafe female stoat and Hungarianhlgy stoat lady, bride from Proto Uralicw female of a fur animal. In any case, cat is a classic case of a Wanderwort. An alternative word is English puss extended as pussy and pussycat. Ernest & Celestine Ipod Download more. Attested only from the 1. Dutchpoes or from Low Germanpuuskatte, related to Swedishkattepus, or Norwegianpus, pusekatt.