Re: On Arguing of the Mighty Saraswati River

Being a geologist rather than a linguist, I'm entertaining myself
by looking into the Sarasvati question. If I come to any conclusions
I'll post them (but from what I've read so far I'm likely to end up as
confused as when I started).
In one study,"Did the Sarasvati ever flow to the Sea?" by G. L.
Pohssehl, I read:
"The image created by the Rgveda for the Sarasvati River is of a
powerful, full flowing river, not easily reconciled with the literal
meaning of the name, 'Chain of Pools'."
Would someone explain this etymology? Have others been suggested?
Dan Milton