A system of apophony or vowel gradation, especially in Indo-European languages (6)
I believe the answer is:
ablaut
(Other definitions for ablaut that I've seen before include "Change of vowel in related word - sing, sang, sung" , "vowel gradation" .)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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