when I was but a wee lassie.
子 (child) + 供 (accompany) + 頃 (around that time)
= 子供の頃 (when I was but a wee lassie.)
供給
( きょうきゅう )
to supply (supply and demand / supply the troops with guns / supply your kid with a school lunches / the feed chute supplies grain to the conveyor belt at the cereal factory)
供 (accompany) + 給 (provide)
= 供給 (supply)