English
studmark
From stud + mark.
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand, set’
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Proto-Germanic *stōdą ‘a herd of horses’
Proto-West Germanic *stōd
Old English stōd
Middle English stood
English stud
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, in the form of a small surface indentation, left by a stud.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “studmark”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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