Query about slang "scootch"-- Why -ch?

[Rachel Shuttlesworth]

I would probably use it as an imperative most often, but can also
consider it a unit of measurement, as in, "Move it over just a scootch."
Rachel

FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:

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> I personally have never heard any of these words, but asked a colleague of mine from around the Portland area and this is what she wrote in answer to my Q:
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> do you know the word 'scootch'?
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> yes, but I personally use "scootz".   I think "scootch" or my variation "scootz" is almost exclusively used as an imperative.  Has your list mentioned that?
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