Indo-European "Smith" and His Divine Colleagues (The Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph Series, No 58)

The purpose of the present study is to map the terms designating the craft "smith" in Indo-European languages, analysing their etymologies, classifying them according to semantic typology, and identifying "divine smiths." The designations of "smith" in various non-undo-European language families and isolated languages are also analysed.