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A simpler explanation would be 'steel' is a phonetic variant of Stihl, like the chainsaw. Meaning 'style' in Dutch. From some former genealogical research, I learned that many immigrants' names were misspelled at Ellis Island when their papers were first filled out, easy to comprehend in a pre-computerized era. Hence the many different spellings we have of common last names.