Sanskrit and its connections

I recently stumbled across an article. It was about Vedic Cultures and Sanskrit, and how it plays a major role across cultures.

This article is about how global cultures like Europe,Russia etc have some of its roots derived from Sanskrit.

quoted are a few examples from the article

Name ----- Sanskrit ------ Meaning

1. Russia ----Rishiya ------ Land of the Rishis
2. Moscow ----Moksha -------- Salvation, goal of all Rishis
3. Soviet ------ Svet ------ White,as in white snow covered region

4. Paris ------ Parameshwari ----- Vedic Godess
5. Amsterdam ------ Antardham ------ Region below sea level

This piece is really interesting
6. Scandinavia ------ Skanda ------ Skanda is the son of Lord Siva. Naviya
is Sanskrit for naval settlement.
Scandinavians were the mariner
descendants of the Vedic ksatriyas who
worshipped Skanda

For further reading use the link

Reference :
From "Vedic Culture" by Cooper James, and the link is

http://www.gauranga.org/vedic.htm