I'm not sure where you're getting the "sz" from -- that is not what it is at all. If you look at it in German schrift (i.e., handwriting), it's quite clear that it's two s's, one the "f-like" version followed by a crook to a regular lower-case s.
In German, this letter is called "Eszett", which is a combination of the German names for "S' and 'Z'. For more information, see the "Eszett-Seite": http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~ma8/eszet.html
See also http://faql.de/art19970226a.html and http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F
German scholars apparently can't agree if it comes from a ligature of a long S with a round S, or a ligature of a long S with a Z.
Best wishes,
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