Костёр = Bonfire
I love it when you find out something about your own language when you are studying another language. I'm sure I knew that the word bonfire was originally a fire in which bones were burned, coming from came from Middle English banefire (late 15c.), but I must have forgotten this fact long ago. So when I came across the Russian word for a bonfire, kostyor, noticing "kost" - the Russian the word for bone, I got that Eureka moment spotting the cognate.
http://blog.therussiahouse.net/2013/03/russian-language-notes-hot-dogs.html
http://blog.therussiahouse.net/2013/07/its-better-to-see-once-than-hear.html
http://blog.therussiahouse.net/2013/07/its-better-to-see-once-than-hear.html
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