νέος + πορεύω
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νεβρός: σημαίνει τὸ τῆς ἐλάφου⸥ γέννημα παρὰ τὸ νεωστὶ πρὸς πορείαν ⸤ἰέναι· ἢ παρὰ τὸ νε στερητικὸν καὶ τὸ βορά⸥, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν τροφήν· τὸ ἐστερημένον τῆς βορᾶς.
Translation (En)
Nebros "fawn": it refers to the young of the deer, from "recently" (neōsti) going to walk (poreian). Or from the privative ne- and bora, which means "food", the one deprived of food
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Suda, nu 126 (Νεβρός: ἐλάφου γέννημα, οἱονεὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βορὰν ἐξιὸν καὶ νεμόμενον. ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ νεοπόρος τις ὤν); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 1, p. 168 (ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲ τελείαις ἐλάφοις εἰκάσθησαν, ἀλλὰ νεβροῖς. ὧν ἐτυμολογία, ἐκ τοῦ, νέον βορᾶς ἢ πορείας ἄρχεσθαι. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐστερῆσθαι βορᾶς ἔτι διὰ τὸ θηλάζειν. ἢ καὶ παρὰ τὸ μήπω ἔχειν πορεύεσθαι); ibid., vol. 1, p. 387 (ἡ δὲ ῥηθεῖσα παραβολὴ ἐδήλωσεν ὡς οὐ μόνον ἄρνες καὶ ἔριφοι σηκάζονται, ἀλλὰ καὶ πόρτιες ἤγουν νέαι βόες ἄρτι ἀρξάμεναι τοῦ πορεύεσθαι, καθ’ ὁμοιότητα τοῦ νεβρὸς, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς κατά τινας παρὰ τὸ νέον πορεύεσθαι λέγεται); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 599 (Νεβροί: Ἐλάφων γεννήματα· οἱ νεωστὶ ἐπὶ βορὰν ἐλθόντες ἢ ἰόντες· ἢ παρὰ τὸ νεωστὶ πρὸς πορείαν ἰέναι· ἢ νέποροι, οἱ μηδέπω πορεύεσθαι δυνάμενοι· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ΝΕ στερητικὸν καὶ τὸ βορὰ, τὸ ἐστερημένον τῆς βορᾶς, ὅ ἐστι τῆς τροφῆς)
Comment
Compositional etymology. The first member is assumed to be the adverb "newly, recently", and the second member the verb πορεύω "to walk".The etymology probably refers to the fact that newborn fawns are very soon able to walk. The etymology requires a change of /p/ (πορεύω) to /b/ (in -βρος). This is hinted at in the Soda, where the prototype is reconstructed as *νεοπόρος