> I'm sorry, the etymologies involving /kona/, /Konr/ and /ungr/ are
> simply wrong (folk etymologies).
> The right one (and the only possible) is from /kyn/.

Absolute certainty is a commodity that is usually not
so readily available to the historical linguist.

I don't have my books at hand but I think it was
Otto von Friesen who made the case for *kvenungr.

It doesn't look likely to me but I would be interested
in looking at his argument before dismissing it.

Kveðja,
Haukur