Where does “tattie cake” come from?

tattie cake (Scots) comes from Scots tattie, from Scots pitattie — potato.

tattie cake (Scots): tatty scone, the potato scone

Definitions

  1. tatty scone, the potato scone

Ancestry of “tattie cake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ScotstattieDiminutive of pitattie
2Scotspitattiepotato

Words derived from “tattie cake

Every word from Scots pitattieEvery word from Scots tattie