Where does “pecah perawan” come from?

pecah perawan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pecah, from Malay pecah, from Austronesian *pəcəq.

pecah perawan (Indonesian): rupture of hymen, especially during consummation

Definitions

  1. rupture of hymen, especially during consummation

Ancestry of “pecah perawan”, step by step

pecah perawan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pecah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpecahbroken
2Malaypecahto break
3Austronesian*pəcəq—

via Indonesian perawan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianperawanmaiden, virgin
Every word from Austronesian *pəcəq →Every word from Malay pecah →Every word from Indonesian pecah →