Etymograph

English

Hopf link

From Hopf + link.

A compound of Hopf + link

German

English Hopf

Middle English linke

English link

The story

From being an interlinkage named after Heinz Hopf.

Today it means

noun The simplest interlinkage of two loops; two interlinked rings.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hopf link