OED appeal for "scrunchie"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

 >Easy to see how a Scunci-->Scrunchy-->Scrunchie.

But also easy IMHO to see how "scrunch" > "scrunchy"/"scrunchie", where
"scrunch" is the routine English verb meaning "squeeze"/"crumple".

Which came first, "Scünci" or "scrunchy"?

Maybe "Scünci" _isn't_ originally a mangled form of "scrunchy" ... but
then what is it originally? An uncommon Italian surname or a Sicilian
verb variant, with a gratuitous dot or two?

-- Doug Wilson

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