{"era":"current","word":"lea","meaning":"a meadow or grassy clearing","children":[{"era":"1100s-1400s","word":"Middle English leie/lei","meaning":"meadow; open grassy ground","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Old English leah","meaning":"open field; meadow; clearing","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Proto-Germanic *lauhaz","meaning":"clearing; open place","children":[{"era":"prehistoric","word":"Proto-Indo-European *leuk-","meaning":"to shine; be bright","children":[],"language":"Proto-Indo-European"}],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}