cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol) · used as a response to belching or (less often) sneezing
eş: prosit, zum Wohl, wohl bekomm's, zum Wohlsein, auf dein/euer/Ihr Wohl, Stößchen
köken: Contraction (early 18th c.) of prosit (16th c.), from Latin prōsit (“may it be beneficial”). Originally used as a blessing in various contexts, e.g. as a polite response to sneezing. Remnants of such freer use are prost Mahlzeit and prost Neujahr. Compare Dutch proost.
cheers (toast when drinking) · bless you (response to sneezing)
çekim: çoğul proosten
eş: gezondheid, santé
köken: Ultimately from Latin prōsit. The contracted form is first attested in 1880; possibly a belated attestation of an informal/dialectal pronunciation, otherwise from German prost (early 18th c.).
cheers (said before sharing a drink) · bless you (said after someone sneezes)
köken: Literally, “for health”, or more loosely translated as “to [your] health”. Compare Czech na zdraví, Slovak na zdravie, Serbo-Croatian nazdraviti, Russian на здоро́вье (na zdoróvʹje).