Thanls Manwe, you helped me find a nice quote
I was looking through the Appendices after reading your post, when I found this:
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The linguistic procedure does not imply that the Rohirrim closely resembled the ancient English otherwise, in culture or art, in weapons or modes of warfare, except in a general way due to their circumstances: a simpler and more primitive people living in contact with a higher and more venerable culture, and occupying lands that once had been part of its domain. ~ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, On Translation, note 1
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And personally I must say I agree on this one. Other then the linguistic similarity, and also the fact the ancestors of both these people used a Gothic language, I can't think of much.