What Does Peekskill Mean?

The word comes from the Middle Dutch kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel". ... The name Peekskill is derived from the New Amsterdam resident Jan Peeck and evolved from Peeck's Kill, referring to the stream that ran through it, approx 1684.

What does kill in Catskill mean?

For instance, kill means "stream" or "creek" (Catskill, Fishkill) but the word is no longer used for a waterway in current Dutch vocabulary. ...

Why is New York named kill?

The term is derived from the Middle Dutch kille (kil in modern Dutch), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel". It is found in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands' former North American colony of New Netherland, primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys. ... Batten Kill, Vermont and New York.