Etymology of the English word stranglehold
the English word stranglehold
derived from the English word strangle
derived from the Old French word estrangler
derived from the Latin word strangulare (strangle, throttle; suffocate)
derived from the Greek word strangalan
derived from the Greek word strangale
derived from the Greek word strangalao
derived from the English word hold
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khaldanan
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khulaz