Why are cats called cats? And dogs called dogs? These r the questions we should be asking ourselves.?

Question

Who ever decided that cats should be named cats and dogs should be named dogs. WHY!!!

Answer 1

good question

Answer 2

"The word cat derives from Old English catt, which belongs to a group of related words in European languages, including Latin cattus, Welsh cath, Byzantine Greek κάττα, Old Irish cat, and Old Church Slavonic kotka. The ultimate source of all these terms, however, is unknown.[3] However, it may be linked to the ancient Nubian kadis and the Berber kadiska.[4]"

and...

"The English word dog might derive from the Old English docga, a "powerful breed of canine". The French dogue and Spanish dogo as in dogo Argentino are borrowings from English. The English word hound is a cognate of the German Hund and Dutch hond which, though referring to a specific breed in English, means "dog" in general in German and Dutch. Hound itself derives from the Proto-Indo-European *kwon-, which is the direct root of the Greek κυων (kuōn) and the indirect root of the Latin canis through the variant form *kani-.[7]"

So basically they evolved just like any other word.

Answer 3

Read Saussure on Linguistics. All will be made clear.

Answer 4

For the same reason idiots are called idiots.

Answer 5

A man is a man and a woman is a woman. Why?