Where does “anvil” come from?
Anvil comes from Middle English anfilt, from Old English anfilt, of uncertain origin and meaning.
anvil (English): A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing...
Definitions
- A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing...
Ancestry of “anvil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | anfilt | — |
| 2 | Old English | anfilt | anvil |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | anafalt | anvil |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂-t- | shaken, beaten |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
Words derived from “anvil”