Ancient Cat Wordplay

Text on the meme

Egyptian 𓅓𓇋𓏲𓃠 (mjw) and Chinese 猫 (māo) are onomatopoetic. Egyptian 𓅓𓇋𓏲𓃠 (mjw) and Chinese 猫 (māo) are cognates via Prrrow Cat

What it means

A black-and-white cat in a red jacket appears in two panels, first looking down and then staring forward with glowing eyes. The joke pretends that the Egyptian and Chinese words for cat are related through the cat’s own dramatic “prrrow” sound. It is a deliberately absurd pseudo-linguistic explanation, useful as a reaction to overconfident etymology or elaborate nonsense.

Objects

black-and-white cat / чёрно-белый кот red jacket / красная куртка yellow shirt / жёлтая футболка glowing eyes / светящиеся глаза Egyptian hieroglyphs / египетские иероглифы Chinese character / китайский иероглиф text panel / текстовая панель white background / белый фон yellow background / жёлтый фон cat sitting / сидящий кот