One more note from my rotting gray matter: another authority auf Deutsch once indicated the possibility that a word for 'WITCH" or "witchcraft" may be an origin of the German WICKMAN. Stan

Stan, There are many variations of the name as listed in "A Dictionary of Surnames" and all are listed as either variations or cognates of 'WICK'. Variations: WHICK, WI(C)KE, WYKE, WEAKE, WICK(E)S, WIX, WYKES, WICKEN(S), WICKINS (from the Old English 'wicum', with the addition of the Middle English plural suffix -s), W(H)ICKER, W(H)ICKMAN, ATT(W)ICK. Cognates: German - WIECK. Flemish - (VAN) WYCK, WYCKMAN. Dutch - (VAN) WIJK. Witches as a source of the name was not mentioned in any of my sources. Could the Old English root "wicum" be the basis of that argument? Barbara Stan Wickman wrote: > One more note from my rotting gray matter: another authority auf Deutsch > once indicated the possibility that a word for 'WITCH" or "witchcraft" may > be an origin of the German WICKMAN. > > Stan > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Sad to say, my PC crashed since I received the message from which I took the reference to WITCH. I cannot quote this reference. I looked in my Langenscheidt's in an attempt to "reverse engineer" the reference. I found "Wiege" = candle; "wiegen" (wog, gewogen) = weight; "weich" = soft; "weichen," = give way, yield; "er wich und wankte nich," = he didn't budge. Also, wichsen Wichtel Wichtelmaenn wichtig sich wichtig machen Wichtigtuer (-isch) Wicke wickeln Wickler Wicklung Nearly all of these could have been "occupations" which might have conferred the name upon the practitioner: candle maker's servant, polisher (or insult), goblin maker's servant, insult, insult (perhaps the insult was a truism that the lineage was stuck with?). Anyway, it's entertaining to search for clues. Maybe this will help define my roots if I find other clues elsewhere. Thanks for your kind attention. Kind regards Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] WICKMAN > Stan, > There are many variations of the name as listed in "A Dictionary of Surnames" and > all are listed as either variations or cognates of 'WICK'. > Variations: WHICK, WI(C)KE, WYKE, WEAKE, WICK(E)S, WIX, WYKES, WICKEN(S), WICKINS > (from the Old English 'wicum', with the addition of the Middle English plural suffix > -s), W(H)ICKER, W(H)ICKMAN, ATT(W)ICK. > Cognates: German - WIECK. Flemish - (VAN) WYCK, WYCKMAN. Dutch - (VAN) WIJK. > Witches as a source of the name was not mentioned in any of my sources. Could the > Old English root "wicum" be the basis of that argument? > Barbara > > > Stan Wickman wrote: > > > One more note from my rotting gray matter: another authority auf Deutsch > > once indicated the possibility that a word for 'WITCH" or "witchcraft" may > > be an origin of the German WICKMAN. > > > > Stan > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

BTW, what might be the Scandinavian root for the name?