Where does “сотня” come from?

сотня (Russian) comes from Russian со́тый — one hundredth.

сотня (Russian): a hundred; a Cossack military unit; company

Definitions

  1. a hundred; a Cossack military unit; company

Ancestry of “сотня”, step by step

сотня traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian со́тый

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсо́тыйone hundredth

via Ukrainian со́тий

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianсо́тийhundredth

Words derived from “сотня

Every word from Russian со́тый