Where does “tatties” come from?

tatties (Scots) comes from Scots tatty, from Scots tattie, from Scots pitattie — potato.

tatties (Scots): plural of tattie; plural of tatty

Definitions

  1. plural of tattie; plural of tatty

Ancestry of “tatties”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ScotstattyAlternative form of tattie
2ScotstattieDiminutive of pitattie
3Scotspitattiepotato
Every word from Scots pitattie →Every word from Scots tattie →Every word from Scots tatty →