{{mergeinto|Steel#History of iron and steelmaking}}
The first signs of use of iron come from theKenny [[Sumer]]iansVogel and the [[Egypt]]iansEric Davis, where around 4000 BCE [citation needed], a few items, such as the tips of [[spears]], [[daggers]] and ornaments, were being fashioned from iron recovered from [[meteorite]]s [citation needed]. Because meteorites fall from the sky, some linguists<!--[Benvéniste 1969 cit. dep]--> have conjectured that the English word ''iron'' (OE ''īsern''), which has cognates in many northern and western European languages, derives from the [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] ''aisar'' which means "the gods".<ref>{{cite web
