Cat/Pussy/Puss

[MWB]

When did the word/s pussy or puss first become attributed to cats?

[Clanad]

One source suggests "...The term puss (as in pussycat or Puss in boots) may come from Dutch (from "poes", a female cat, or the diminutive poesje, an endearing term for any cat) or from other Germanic languages..."

[megan07]

Hi MWB domestic cat Felis catus; whose ancestors probably included the african, f libyca, and the european wild cat f silvestris.
On Iriomote island, s japan, there is a very fine wild cat long thought extinct.
Show cat species are subdivided into persian or
Long-haired' varieties; short-hairs and siamese.
I know this has not answerd your question fully but i hope
It helps a little love megan

[Ethel]

This is interesting, from an online dictionary

puss (1)
"cat," 1530, but probably much older than the record, perhaps imitative of the hissing sound commonly used to get a cat's attention. A conventional name for a cat in Gmc. languages and as far off as Afghanistan; it is the root of the principal word for "cat" in Romanian (pisica) and secondary words in Lith. (puz), Low Ger. (puus), Swed. dial. katte-pus, etc.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/puss

It shows that 'puss' or a similar sound is used in many countries .