John Cowan said:
> Mark P. Line scripsit:
>
>> Cool. 'Maar' is a geological term that I'd very nearly forgotten about
>> (though I've seen a few in the Eifel, and knew they were called that at
>> the time). 'Maas' must be the river, since it's not in Wahrig. There's
>> also 'Maat', a "mate" in the maritime sense. I have no idea where they
>> got
>> 'staal': it's not in Wahrig, and a brief scan of google hits showed only
>> surnames and Dutch/Flemish pages.
>
> The only word actually containing it is "verstaalichen", so it may be a
> false hit.
Looks like a typo for "verstaatlichen" (= nationalize).
-- Mark