Where does “يَكُنْ” come from?

يَكُنْ (Arabic) comes from Arabic كَانَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

Ancestry of “يَكُنْ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَانَto be
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَاEvery word from Persian یاEvery word from Arabic و