{"era":"current","word":"saxon","meaning":"a member of a Germanic people who settled in parts of Britain and northwestern Europe","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Old English Seaxe","meaning":"the Saxons","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Proto-Germanic *sahsą","meaning":"knife, dagger, short sword","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Modern English"}