Re: [tied] First iron swords on mass scale

From: Michal Milewski
Message: 4300
Date: 2000-10-13

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> The first controllable steel-making technique was developed
> rather early (possibly by 500 BC) in ancient India (wootz
> steel), and somewhat later in the Middle East (Damascus
> steel).

How is steel called in non-IE languages, and what is the origin of IE
names?

Michal