The name may also be derived from 'Tsuehiko' (a man walking with a cane), which reminds us of its possible relationship with the Funatonokami god (road god) born from a cane thrown by Izanagi to clean off impurities that she brought from the land of the dead.
また、「杖彦」が転じたものとも取れ、イザナギが黄泉から帰ってきた後の禊で杖を投げ出した時に生まれた船戸神（ふなとのかみ、岐の神、道祖神）との関連も考えられる。