Etymograph

English

Shammar

Shammar comes from Arabic شَمَّر ‘the Arabic tribe of Shammar’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَمَّرšammar‘the Arabic tribe of Shammar’
  2. EnglishtodayShammar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَمَّرšammar‘the Arabic tribe of Shammar’
  2. EnglishtodayShammar

Today it means

noun A tribal Arab Qahtan confederation, descended from the Yemeni tribe of Tayy as they originated in Yemen before migrating into present-day Saudi Arabia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic شَمَّر / Shammar