Etymology

Koschei

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Today it means: An archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife, and sometimes represented as a skeleton. Full definition →

Russian Коще́й
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromКоще́й
  2. English todayKoschei

From Russian Коще́й (Koščéj), related to кость (kostʹ, “bone”).

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