I hope so too Jens.
Egerton mentions "jauhar" when discussing the production of gun barrels:
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"The barrel is then fixed horizontally through a hole in an upright post and bored, after which its surface is filed, polished, and prepared for bringing out the damasked lines. " Jauhar " is brought out through biting the whole surface with " kasis," a sulphate of iron."
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In this case the term "jauhar/johar" refers to the pattern in the steel. The same term is often used to refer to wootz pattern.
The word "jauhar" seems to mean "precious" and often refers to "jewel". Indeed in Hindi, जौहरी "jauhari" means "jeweller".
Years ago Dom traced "jauhar" to the Arabic "ga'howara" meaning precious.
So we have a possible term for the patterning, but not for the welding aspect.