 Dumézil says that, rather, the name "Skaði" derives from the name of the geographical region, which was at the time no longer completely understood.In connection, Dumézil points to a parallel in "Ériu", a goddess personifying Ireland that appears in some Irish texts, whose name he says comes from "Ireland" rather than the other way around.Alternatively, "Skaði" may be connected with the Old Norse noun "skaði" ('harm'), source of the Icelandic and Faroese "skaði" ('harm, damage') and cognate with English "scathe" ("unscathed", "scathing").