beauty, Irish sgiamh, Old Irish scíam: *skeimâ; cf. Gothic skeima, a light, Anglo-Saxon scíma, Norse skími, a gleam of light, further English shine, shimmer.
severe or cutting language, Irish sgeamhaim, I scold, reproach: *skemo-; Norse skamma, to shame, to scold, English shame, sham? The word sgeamh also means "a disgust" in Gaelic; also, according to M`A., "a speck on the eye", "membrane". Also Irish (and Gaelic?) sgeamh, polypody.