what are the aryans
The term Aryan originates from the Sanskrit word Ärya, in origin an ethnic self-designation, in Classical Sanskrit meaning honourable, respectable, noble. In the 18th century, the most ancient known Indo-European languages were those of the ancient Indo-Iranians. The word Aryan was therefore adopted to refer not only to the Indo-Iranian peoples, but also to native Indo-European speakers as a whole, including the Romans, Greeks, and the Germans.