"In northern European languages that have been less influenced by French, the plants' name usually derives from "esparceto", the Provençal term for the similar-looking and closely related sweetvetches ("Hedysarum").Examples are Danish "esparsette", Dutch "esparcette", German "Esparsette", Lithuanian "esparceta", Polish "sparceta", Russian "espartset" (Эспарцет) and Swedish "esparsett".