Where does “sotnia” come from?

sotnia (English) comes from Russian сотня, from Russian -ня́, from Proto-Slavic *-ьňa, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

sotnia (English): A Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks

Definitions

  1. A Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks

Ancestry of “sotnia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсотняa hundred; a Cossack military unit; company
2Russian-ня́forms nouns denoting the place where an occupation or office is performed
3Proto-Slavic*-ьňa—
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Russian -ня́ →