The word patchwork is not part of the daily vocabulary. At least not for most of us. It is a dialectal word and, as you can guess from the prefix, it comes from the northern parts of our country. That is, from Lapland, where the snow is thick for much of the year.
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The word comes from the method used by the Sami to walk in deep snow. In other words, to get around you need to kneel or take laps.
