{"era":"current","word":"puddle","meaning":"small pool of standing water","children":[{"era":"1300s","word":"Middle English puddle/puddel","meaning":"a small pool or muddy hollow","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Old English pudd","meaning":"ditch; pool","children":[],"language":"Old English"},{"era":"medieval","word":"Low German pudeln","meaning":"to splash in water","children":[],"language":"Low German"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}