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Today, by request, I looked up the word "pussy." First usage dates from the 1500s as a term of endearment for a girl or woman; 1726 shows a diminutive form of "puss" meaning cat or rabbit. The 1800s is when it first appears as slang for lady parts--"perhaps from O.N. puss 'pocket, pouch' (cf. Low Ger. puse "vulva"), but perhaps instead from the cat word on notion of 'soft, warm, furry thing.'" Eew. Hehe.

I thought I had already looked this up, but I looked up the etymology of "bunny" which overlaps in places.