Linguistic Archaeology: That time we discovered Iron

 Iron in almost every language

1. Iron
2. Yster
3. Hekuri
4. bireti
5. hadid
6. Yerkat
7. L* (assamese)
8. Yiru
9. Demir
10. Nɛgɛ
11. Burdina
12. Žalieza
13. Āẏarana
14. *H (bhojpuri)
15. Zhelyazo
16. Ferro
17. puthaw
18. Chitsulo
19. Tiě
20. Ferru
21. Željezo
22. Žehlička
23. Jern
24. dhagan'du
25. Ijzer
26. Fero (esperanto)
27. Raud
28. Ga
29. bakal
30. Rauta
31. Fer
32. Izer
33. rk’ina
34. Eisen
35. Sídero
36. Kuarepoti
37. Lōkhaṇḍa
38. Fè
39. Hao
40. BRG* (hebrew)
41. loha
42. Hlau
43. Vas
44. Járn
45. Ígwè
46. Plantsa
47. Besi
48. Iarann
49. Tetsu
50. wesi
51. Kabbiṇa
52. Temir
53. cheate dek
54. Icyuma
55. *BD (konkani)
56. cheol
57. Ayɛn
58. Hesin (kurmanji kurdish)
59. *ASN (sorani kurdish)
60. thad heak
61. Ferrum (latin)
62. Dzelzs
63. Libende
64. Geležis
65. Okugolola
66. Železo
67. VY
68. irumbu
69. Ħadid
70. Te rino
71. Lōkhaṇḍa
72. Thir
73. Tömör
74. san
75. Phalāma
76. Sibiila
77. A*SPNH (pashto)
78. AEN (persian)
79. Żelazo
80. Lōhā
81. Hierro
82. Fier
83. Zhelezo
84. Uamea
85. *H (sanskrit)
86. Aene
87. Gvožđe
88. Tšepe
89. L*HH (sindhi)
90. yakaḍa
91. Birta
92. Beusi
93. Chuma
94. Järn
95. Ohan
96. Irumpu
97. TIMEP (tatar)
98. Inumu
99. H̄el̆k
100. H* (tigrinya)
101. Nsimbhi
102. Ütü
103. Dadeɛ
104. Zalizo
105. L*HA (urdu)
106. T*M*R (uyghur)
107. Sắt
108. Haearn
109. Intsimbi
110. ayzn
111. Irin
112. Insimbi



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
51 45%    49 44%   44 39%  23 20%      21 18%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
15 13%    6   5%      17 15%    6   5%       8      7%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
32 28%    5   4%     12 10%    25 22%     16   14%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
32 28%    8   7%      0     0%    36 33%      22 19%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
23 20%    3   2%      3     2%     0    0%       10    9%

Z      %
14 12%



Popularity of use
45% A:
44% E, A:
39% I, E, A:
33% R, I, E, A:
28% H, N, R, I, E, A: AEN (persian), Iarann, Aene, Irin, H* (tigrinya), Haearn, *H (sanskrit), *H (bhojpuri),
22% L, H, N, R, I, E, A: L*HH (sindhi), L*HA (urdu), L* (assamese),
20% T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Te rino, Thir, Lōhā, Hierro, Ohan, Tiě, Hao, loha, Iron,
19% S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: san, Sắt, Hesin (kurmanji kurdish), *ASN (sorani kurdish), Eisen,
18% U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Ütü, Hlau, Tetsu, Rauta,
15% D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Ħadid, Dadeɛ, Raud, Sídero, hadid,
14% M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Tömör, Uamea, Inumu, T*M*R (uyghur), Temir, Demir,
13% B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Intsimbi, Insimbi, Nsimbhi, Birta, Beusi, irumbu, Sibiila, Libende, *BD (konkani), Burdina, Besi, bireti,
12% Z, B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Zhelezo, Zalizo, Żelazo, Železo, Dzelzs, Žalieza, Izer,
10% K, Z, B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Lōkhaṇḍa, H̄el̆k, Kabbiṇa, thad heak, rk’ina, Lōkhaṇḍa, bakal, Hekuri,
9% Y, K, Z, B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: yakaḍa, ayzn, Ayɛn, Āẏarana, Zhelyazo, Yerkat, Yiru, Yster,
7% P, G, Y, K, Z, B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Irumpu, TIMEP (tatar), A*SPNH (pashto), Tšepe, Phalāma, Geležis, Okugolola, BRG* (hebrew), Plantsa, Kuarepoti, dhagan'du, Ga, Nɛgɛ,
5% F, C, P, G, Y, K, Z, B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Fier, Chuma, cheol, Ferrum (latin), cheate dek, Icyuma, Fer, Fè, Fero (esperanto), Ferru, Ferro, Chitsulo, Žehlička,
4% J, F, C, P, G, Y, K, Z, B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: Järn, Ijzer, Járn, Jern, Željezo,
2% V, W, J, F, C, P, G, Y, K, Z, B, M, D, U, S, T, O, L, H, N, R, I, E, A: VY, Gvožđe, Ígwè, wesi, Vas, puthaw,
0% X, Q



Conclusion: originating in the A-I-E subgroup;

A-E-I subgroup                   Sex          %        Dev. Chain              BandGap  Semitic
May the way rise up to meet you   93%    (A; E; I; N; T; D; U)
To Shapeshift                                    91%    (A; E; I; T; F; S)
Provençal                              F           90%     (A; E; I; N; L; R; S)
Middle Earth                                     79%      (A; E; I; M)
Irish                                      F            74%     (A; E; I; N; R; L; O; H)
The World Tree                                 73%     (A; E; I; R; D, O)
Scot. Low                             F            71%      (A; E; I; N; R, L)           H
Berber                                  M           70%     (A; E; I; U; M)                N           ?
To Laugh                                            69%     (A; E; I; T; S)
Toy                                                      67%     (A; E; I; O; N)
Hebrew                              M            66%      (A; E; I; H; N)                             ?
Goat                                                   47%      (A; E; I; K)
Iron                                                     45%      (A; E; I; R; N; H)



The earliest use of iron are at 28% with AEN (persian), Iarann (irish), Aene (sepedi), Irin (yoruba), H* (tigrinya), Haearn (welsh), *H (sanskrit), *H (bhojpuri). Peaking at 7% before  declining down to 2%.