Etymology

Tickner

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English twiċen
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromtwiċen“fork in the road”
  2. English todayTickner

Topographic surname for someone who lived at a crossroads or a fork in the road, from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”). Compare twitchel.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishtwiċen all →

twitchel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.