{"era":"current","word":"stump","meaning":"the short remaining base of a cut or broken-off tree trunk or limb","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"Middle Low German stump / Middle Dutch stomp","meaning":"stump; blunt, dull","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Proto-Germanic *stubb-","meaning":"stump; blunt, short piece","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Middle Low German / Middle Dutch"}],"language":"Modern English"}