diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemBase.php
index c021c57..8149413 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemBase.php
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ protected function getFieldSetting($setting_name) {
   }
 
   /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getEntity() {
+    return $this->getParent()->getParent();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function language() {
+    return $this->getEntity()->language();
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Overrides \Drupal\Core\TypedData\TypedData::setValue().
    *
    * @param array|null $values
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemInterface.php
index e4adcdc..87b5774 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/FieldItemInterface.php
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@
   public function getFieldDefinition();
 
   /**
+   * Gets the entity that field belongs to.
+   *
+   * @return Drupal\Core\TypedData\ComplexDataInterface
+   *   The entity object.
+   */
+  public function getEntity();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the field language.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Language\Language
+   *   The language object.
+   */
+  public function language();
+
+  /**
    * Magic method: Gets a property value.
    *
    * @param $property_name
diff --git a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/field/field_type/LegacyConfigFieldItem.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/field/field_type/LegacyConfigFieldItem.php
index 0bad0d0..e9f0cd9 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/field/field_type/LegacyConfigFieldItem.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/field/field_type/LegacyConfigFieldItem.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public function instanceSettingsForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
    */
   public function prepareCache() {
     if ($callback = $this->getLegacyCallback('load')) {
-      $entity = $this->getParent()->getParent();
+      $entity = $this->getEntity();
       $langcode = $entity->language()->id;
       $entity_id = $entity->id();
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/NodeChangedConstraintValidator.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/NodeChangedConstraintValidator.php
index 0479e38..3fd1f61 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/NodeChangedConstraintValidator.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/NodeChangedConstraintValidator.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint) {
     if (isset($value)) {
       // We are on the field item level, so we need to go two levels up for the
       // node object.
-      $node = $this->context->getMetadata()->getTypedData()->getParent()->getParent();
+      $node = $this->context->getMetadata()->getTypedData()->getEntity();
       $id = $node->id();
       $language = $node->language();
       if ($id && (node_last_changed($id, $language->id) > $value)) {
diff --git a/core/modules/text/lib/Drupal/text/Plugin/field/field_type/TextItemBase.php b/core/modules/text/lib/Drupal/text/Plugin/field/field_type/TextItemBase.php
index cf41e9d..d4305b5 100644
--- a/core/modules/text/lib/Drupal/text/Plugin/field/field_type/TextItemBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/text/lib/Drupal/text/Plugin/field/field_type/TextItemBase.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public function prepareCache() {
     $text_processing = $this->getFieldSetting('text_processing');
     if (!$text_processing || filter_format_allowcache($this->get('format')->getValue())) {
       $itemBC = $this->getValue();
-      $langcode = $this->getParent()->getParent()->language()->id;
+      $langcode = $this->language()->id;
       $this->set('safe_value', text_sanitize($text_processing, $langcode, $itemBC, 'value'));
       if ($this->getType() == 'field_item:text_with_summary') {
         $this->set('safe_summary', text_sanitize($text_processing, $langcode, $itemBC, 'summary'));