unred

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*unraud“not red”
2. Old English · inherited from*unrēad
3. Middle English · inherited fromunrede“not red, pale, whitish”
4. English todayunred

From Middle English unrede (“not red, pale, whitish”), from Old English *unrēad, from Proto-West Germanic *unraud (“not red”), equivalent to un- + red. Cognate with Old High German unrōt (“not red, whitish”).