English

lugmark

From lug + mark.

A compound of lug + mark

Middle English luggen ‘to pull’

English lug

Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘edge’

Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’

Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’

Old English mearc ‘mark’

Middle English mark

English mark

Today it means

noun A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.

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