The English word "cat" is very similar to the word used
for our feline pets in other languages spoken in Europe
and around the Mediterranean. The table below lists the
word for cat and the language:
Kat Dutch
chat French
Katze German
gatta Greek
kottur Icelandic
gatto Italian
qattus Maltean
katt Norwegian
kot Polish
gato Spanish
katt Swedish
Clearly "cat" is an ancient word that spread into many
regions from a single source. The source appears to be
Arabic because the oldest use of "cat" is in North Africa
where the term is "quttah".
A few other terms relating to cats originate from the
Mediterranean. One is the word "tabby", which is derived
from the Turkish word "utabi". And the general word for a
cat in Turkey is "kedi", which may be the ancestor term
for the English word "kitty".
-- Unknown
If your cat has urinated on the carpet, concentrate your initial efforts on soaking up as much as possible of the kitty piddle. Then continue physically removing even more urine using water before treating the area with any chemical product. Water is safe and will dilute the con- centrated piddle and help carry it out of the carpet. Do not use any other cleaning products until you have thoroughly diluted the urine pollution.
