Research on the unit "Mark"
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The German WP article on Mark (Gewicht), i.e. the weight unit, gives the following etymology:
Das etymologische Wörterbuch von Kluge führt das Wort auf germanisch marka- „Gewichts- und Werteinheit“, ursprünglich „Teilung, Geteiltes“ zurück; dasjenige von Pfeifer nennt althochdeutsch marc „Abgrenzung, Zeichen“ als Ausgangswort und vermutet, dass somit marc zuerst die Prägung meinte und erst sekundär den Barren bzw. zuletzt die hieraus gefertigten Münzen bezeichnete.
My translation:
The etymologic dictionary by Kluge traces the word back to Germanic marka- "unit of weight or value", originally "partition, divided"; the one by Pfeifer cites Old High German marc "demarcation, sign" as word of origin and assumes that marc first referred to the embossment, and only secondary the ingot or the coins minted from it.
Either etymology would also be a fit for Mark in its meaning of "border". Other German words based on the stem mark (markieren - to mark something; Marken - badges or vouchers) that reinforce my impression that the common denominator here is the "sign", the "standing for something".
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