{"era":"current","word":"wake","meaning":"To emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep.","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"wacan","meaning":"to awake, arise, be born","children":[{"era":"ancient","word":"*waknan","meaning":"to become awake","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"},{"era":"ancient","word":"*wekjan","meaning":"to awaken","children":[{"era":"ancient","word":"*weg-","meaning":"to be strong, lively, active","children":[],"language":"Proto-Indo-European"}],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Modern English"}