zetz

The story

1. Old High German · derived fromSatz“a leap”
2. Yiddish · borrowed fromזעץ“a punch, a blow, a hit”
3. English todayzetz

From Yiddish זעץ (zets, “a punch, a blow, a hit”), ultimately from Old High German Satz (“a leap”). Compare with Yiddish זעצן (zetsn, “to sit”).