yellow-red

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*gelwaraud“orange”
2. Old English · inherited fromġeolurēad“reddish yellow, orange”
3. Middle English · inherited fromȝelu-red
4. English todayyellow-red

From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”).