KARTVELIAN NAMES OF UKRAINIAN RIVERS

As everybody knows, the hydronyms are the ancientest part of any language's vocabulary.

Astonishingly, the names of many Ukrainians rivers (that do not have any etymology from Ukrainian point of view) turned out to be pure Kartvelian words.

Psel
In the southern outskirts of Kutaisi there is a place names Odilauri. Next to it there is a small river named ჯორის პსელს [joris psela] and meaning 'mule's urine'. In Ukraine there is a river of its own named Psel (Psola on a map Taurica Hersonesus). The water in the Ukrainian rive is indeed of yellowish colour.

Horol
In Kartvelian ხოროლი [horoli] is 'a spear'. A good name for a river that is either straight or fast. A river with that name flows in Eastern Ukraine.

Sula
In Kartvelian სულა [sula] is 'cane'. The Ukrainian river Sula is overwhelmed with cane.

Vorskla
This example is the most amusing, although it demands a bit of explanation. The Kartvelian counterpart for this Ukrainian river is ვარსკვლავი [varskvlavi] -'a star'. Looks not really similar, doesn't it? But, first, on the same map of Taurica Hersonesus the river is named Vorscola:

...and, second, in the dictionary of Chubinashvili the 'star' is translated as ვასრკულავი [varskulavi] where -vi is omittable suffix+ flexion. So, the true root for a 'star' is 'varskula'. Now compare Vorscola (river) to Varskula (star) and see the identity.

Those who have doubts whether it's appropriate to name a river with the word 'star' should be forwarded to Italy, where near Udine they will find a river called Stella, which means exactly 'star' in Italian.

And finally, the astounding map image showing where the four abovementioned rivers flow into the Dnipro:

They are four influxes IN A ROW, which positively says about the concentration of Kartvelian-speaking population of ancient Ukraine. Interesting to note that two neighbouring influxes too can be interpreted from Kartvelian point of view: Oril has a Kartvelian root 'ori' meaning 'two', while Samara may be interpreted as 'Samare' - 'land of graves'. This land indeed is full of ancient Scythian graves. Also this territory conincides with Herodotus' mystic Gelon country, which, in its turn, also has a Kartvelian root 'geli' meaning 'wolf'.

But those are not all the Ukrainian rivers with Kartvelian names.

Chechva
In Ivano-Frankisvk region there is a river that means 'scutching' in Kartvelian. Interestingly, there is a small village with the same name in Poltava region as well, exactly where four Kartvelian rivers flow into the Dnipro.

Bolva
In Chernigiv region there is a river that means ´(fish)-smoking´ in Kartvelian.

Revna
In Bryansk region of Russia (neighbouring to Ukraine) there is a river that means 'overcoming´ in Kartvelian.

Chakva
In Rivne region there is a river that have a complete namesake in Georgian Ajara province.

Ponikva
And another exciting example of a river that translates from Kartvelian as 'wade stone' (ფონი ქვა) and flows through the town of Brody in Lviv region, that translates exactly as 'wade" from Ukrainian.