English

Fishkill

Fishkill comes from Dutch Viskil.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of vis ‘fish’ + kil ‘creek’

Proto-Indo-European *peysk-

Proto-Germanic *fiskaz ‘fish’

Proto-West Germanic *fisk ‘fish’

Old Dutch fisc ‘fish’

Middle Dutch visch ‘fish’

Dutch vis ‘fish’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵi(H)-l-

Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ

Proto-West Germanic *killjā

Old Dutch *killa

Middle Dutch kille ‘riverbed, channel’

Dutch kil ‘creek’

Every English word from Dutch Viskil

name A town and village therein, in Dutchess County, New York, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.