the name Hooch

[Catlady]

Does anyone have any idea what ethnicity the name "Hooch" is? I thought
it might be Irish, maybe because its sounds a little like "Lynch" (Tim
says his father's mother's father was a Lynch), and maybe because of the
connection with rotgut booze. But then I thought it might be Welsh, the
second syllable of Culhwch -- the name Culhwch means 'pig run' (like dog
run, it's the pen to keep them in) but I can't remember whether the
'pig' part is Cul or Hwch.
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