Romansch: mazza f, mass, massa, inchüna, anchüna.Old East Slavic: ковальнꙗ ( kovalĭnja ).Malay: andas (ms), landasan (ms), paron.

Indonesian: tulang landasan (id), paron (id).Galician: bigornia (gl) f, engra (gl) f, incle m, ingre m, zafra f.Dutch: aambeeld (nl) n, aanbeeld (nl) n.Cherokee: ᎠᏐᏗᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩᎤᎵᎩ ( asoditalugisgiuligi ).A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.English An anvil Micrometer: note the anvil on the left Etymology įrom Middle English anfilt, anvelt, anfelt, from late Old English anfilt, anfilte, anfealt, from earlier onfilti ( “ anvil ” ), from Proto-West Germanic *anafalt (compare Middle Dutch anvilte, Low German Anfilts, Anefilt, Old High German anafalz), compound of *ana ( “ on ” ) + *falt ( “ beaten ” ) (compare German falzen ( “ to groove, fold, welt ” ), Swedish dialectal filta ( “ to beat ” )), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-t- ( “ shaken, beaten ” ) (compare Middle Irish lethar ( “ leather ” ), Latin pellō ( “ to beat, strike ” ), Ancient Greek πάλλω ( pállō, “ to toss, brandish ” )), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ( “ to stir, move ” ).

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