Tom Banes wrote:

Anyone know the origin of "fetting"? I've assumed it was a translation
from the Scots brogue, but maybe there's another reason for the term.

Oxford Concise:

"N. English make or repair. -- Origin ME (in the general sense 'to
prepare'): from dial. fettle 'strip of material', from OE fetel, of
Germanic origin.

I assumed it was divergent from 'fiddle' but that's a different word
altogether, with its own origins.

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